… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is announcing a very generous and transformative donation from the Emmett Foundation to support its mission of developing leaders who are uniquely capable of addressing social and environmental challenges. The Gift The gift will help CBEY expand its rapidly growing focus …
… thing she needed was the right idea, and she found it when she learned about the potential for households to benefit from a sort of “energy arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of … first steps,” she says. That small amount of funding was essential for lowering the bar to becoming an entrepreneur. She appreciated having an opportunity “where you can literally walk … wanted the system to be automated, which would have required home assistants and an internet of things that may be more common in the future but is not widespread now. Based on …
… in the northeastern US. Residential and commercial buildings are currently responsible for roughly one-third of regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, representing a … state, or municipal goals. State goals in the Northeast typically target a low-carbon economy characterized by low energy costs and sustained job growth in support of a reliable … sales and develop new business models in the non-regulated part of the sector, it also has implicationsfor the electric and gas grids. Metrics are necessary to analyze the …
… if she hadn’t had that housing,” he said in a recent conversation at Yale. “What a loss for her, a loss for her children, a loss for society.” Now positioned as Canada’s Minister … for all grant-funded projects, which must achieve at least one of three objectives: economic outcomes, like assuring people have well-paying jobs; environmental outcomes, like advancing the development of a low-carbon economy; or social …
… Industry accounts for 10 percent of total energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Connecticut. [1] Demand for heating and cooling industrial buildings and their production processes represents … for renewable heating and cooling depend on several factors: which industries dominate the economy, which thermal processes are energy intensive and whether there are physical or …
… households face several financing barriers . First, they are often less able to afford the upfront cost of a solar contract. Second, individuals’ credit scores also may not meet requirements set by rooftop solar … [2] requiring multilingual marketing materials. Some low-income individuals report less internet usage than people with higher income, [3] which restricts the number of marketing …
… renewable thermal technologies (RTTs) as a means of reducing emissions—a noteworthy effort because heating and cooling of buildings represent about one-third of their total … significant potential of renewable heating and cooling, only a fraction of the market is economically viable under current pricing and market conditions. Why is this the case? And … can be seen in the appliance efficiency market, where the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency have established widely publicized product databases for …
… from market conditions and consumer behavior. Renewable thermal technologies (RTTs) used for heating and cooling, such as air- and ground-source heat pumps (ASHP and GSHP, … A., Hanemann, W., Auffhammer, M., End-use Energy Efficiency in a “Post-Carbon” California Economy: Policy Issues and Research Frontiers . Berkeley, CA: California Climate Change … 20, 2017 Renewable Heating and Cooling: the Next Efficiency Frontier Paul Molta (Master of Environmental Management '17) Krisztina Pjeczka (Master of Environmental Management '18) …
… your roof, you’ve probably asked two basic questions: How much does it cost? And how long before I earn back my investment? The short answer is: it depends. Solar costs are declining … rapidly, the industry is booming , and millions of new customers are adopting solar for their homes. Rebates, incentives, and other programs to decrease upfront costs and … does increased distributed solar make the electric grid more or less reliable? How should environmental benefits be valued? These questions are not only important to utility …
… Ltd., is one of the largest tractor companies in the world and the market leader in India for utility vehicles. In October 2016, Mahindra & Mahindra became the first Indian company … reassuring. When asked to join the Energy Productivity 100 campaign, Mahindra reviewed its record and found its carbon footprint reduced by 44 percent in the past seven years. The … - the first Indian company to adopt an internal carbon price Anja Nikolova (Master of Environmental Management '17) Thuy Phung (Master of Environmental Management '18) …